Michael L. Fitzgerald

Partner

Michael Fitzgerald serves as Chair of the firm’s Latin America Practice Group and Corporate Securities Group, and is Global Co-Chair of its Corporate Finance Practice Group. Mr. Fitzgerald has represented a wide range of international and domestic underwriter and issuer clients in debt and equity financing transactions and merger and acquisition activities. He has been especially active in Latin American financial markets.

Mr. Fitzgerald was named as one of the world’s best capital markets lawyers by Chambers Global, Chambers USA and Chambers Latin America for 2010 and was listed in the International Who’s Who of Capital Markets Lawyers and Business Lawyers, The Legal 500 US: Corporate and Finance and the PLC Cross Border Handbook as one of the world’s best equity capital markets and debt capital markets lawyers. He was also listed by Lawdragon as one of the 500 best lawyers in the U.S.

Mr. Fitzgerald is a member of the American Bar Association Committee on Securities Laws. He has written articles and presented seminars on a variety of issues involving the international capital markets.

Board and Professional Memberships

  • American Bar Association Committee on Securities Laws

Publications and Speeches

  • Author, “Tracing the Sources of Latin America’s Economic Boom,” Latin American Law & Business Report (May 2011)
  • Author, “Venture Capitalists Look to Mexico and Latin America,” North American Free Trade & Investment Report (January 2010)
  • Co-author, “The Threat of Unsponsored ADR Programs,” Insights (April 2009)

Awards and Recognition

  • Recognized as a leading lawyer by Chambers USA, Chambers Global and Chambers Latin America
  • Named in the International Who’s Who of Capital Markets Lawyers and Business Lawyers
  • Recognized by Legal 500 US
  • Named one of the world’s best capital markets lawyers in PLC Cross Border Handbook
  • One of the “500 Best Lawyers in the US” by Lawdragon

Education

  • Fordham University School of Law, J.D.
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A.

Bar Admissions

  • New York